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2022-09-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Armed suspect takes 12 hostages in a Kutaisi bank
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] An armed man who took hostages in the "Bank of Georgia" in Kutaisi demands a large ransom, there are 12 people in the building, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported.

The "Caucasian Kno " has reported that on September 9, 2021, a man armed with a grenade took hostages at the branch of the "Bank of Georgia" in Kvareli. During negotiations with the police, he released the people, and was soon detained. Shalva Melikishvili fully admitted his guilt and declared his remorse. Melikishvili committed a crime when the bank seized his house due to debts, the defense said .

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia cordoned off the territory adjacent to the "Bank of Georgia" in Kutaisi on Shota Rustaveli Avenue, where today an armed man took 12 hostages and demanded a large ransom, the department reported on its website. 

The police opened a criminal case on the facts of a bank attack, a terrorist act, hostage-taking, as well as illegal acquisition, storage and carrying of ammunition, the report said. 

A total of 12 people remain in the building after the suspect released two women, Sputnik-Georgia informs.

The hijacker threatens to detonate a bomb if his demands are not met in an hour and a half, he demands two million dollars, a helicopter on which he will leave the territory, a Russian flag and a walkie-talkie, the corresponding appeal was circulated on Facebook through one of the hostages, TV Pirveli reported at 12.47 Moscow time 

As of 13.46 Moscow time, there was no official confirmation of this information. 

Posted by badanov 2022-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

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